<h1>Darrel Manson</h1>

Darrel Manson

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Damsel – A Comedy (sort of) of Pessimism

Damsel – A Comedy (sort of) of Pessimism

Jul 7, 2018

?Love and survival are all I want.? ?You?re not exclusive in that notion.? In Damsel, the Zellner Brothers play with some typical movie genres. As a result, viewers are asked to wrap their minds around things that seem to not quite fit together, but in reality make...

Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

Jun 17, 2018

When Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in 1454, it ushered in a new era for spreading knowledge. The basic idea of type, ink, and paper coming together to make books, newspapers, posters remained the same (with small variations and improvements) for...

Incredibles 2 – Family Bonds

Incredibles 2 – Family Bonds

Jun 14, 2018

Incredibles 2 continues the story of the Parr family from The Incredibles. While it is ostensibly a superhero story, at its heart this is a film about family and especially about parenting as children go through all the changes of growing up. As in the original,...

Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf

Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf

Jun 13, 2018

?This is what you?d like to see in nature.? Gardens bring us pleasure, even if we have to work to keep them beautiful. Gardens bring a bit of nature close to us, even if it is in an artificial setting. But Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf seeks to make gardens...

Disobedience – Community or Individual?

May 31, 2018

Religious communities can be nurturing and fulfilling, providing people with spiritual meaning and a sense of belonging. But those same communities may also be stifling and destructive of individual freedom and self-esteem. Disobedience, set within an Orthodox Jewish...